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Tough questions needed on Google email plan for L.A.

A Los Angeles City Council committee on Tuesday takes up a …

L.A. Council committee meeting on Google plan postponed again

A proposal to switch Los Angeles city government’s email and some other computer applications to a "…

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Consumer Watchdog Calls On Genetech Exec To Quit Either Google Or Apple Board

Santa Monica, CA — Genentech Board Chairman Arthur D. Levinson should
quit as a director of either Internet giant Google or Apple to avoid
antitrust violations, Consumer Watchdog said today, following the
resignation of Eric Schmidt from the Apple board. The call from the nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer group came after the
announcement that Google Chairman and Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, who
held the same dual role, was stepping down from Apple’s board.  The
Federal Trade Commission has been investigating for several months
whether Apple and Google had violated antitrust laws by sharing two
directors.

Grad student sparks online advertising reforms

A week ago I wrote about how a graduate student, Chris Soghoian, had exposed the online industry-touted…

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Consumer Watchdog Calls On Feds To Get User Privacy And Antitrust Guarantees In Proposed Microsoft-Yahoo! Deal

Santa Monica CA — The proposed 10-year partnership on Internet search
and search advertising between Microsoft and Yahoo! must be closely
scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department
to ensure there are no antitrust violations and that user privacy is
guaranteed, Consumer Watchdog said today.

Online behavioral advertising opt-out procedures misleading

Earlier this month  the Network Advertising Initiative (NIA), a trade association that includes some of the biggest online advertising companies like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft…

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Warning issued on Google Books privacy threat

Much of the focus on the proposed Google Books settlement has been on antitrust concerns….

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Heat is on Google, so it ups lobbying spending 30%

What do you do if you’re a gargantuan Internet company that’s come under increased scrutiny, despite your "Don’t-be-evil" mantra?  Send in the…

L.A. delays consideration of Google email plan

Consideration of a proposal to move the City of Los Angles’ email and other computer applications to a system run by…

L.A. needs assurances before moving to Google’s ‘cloud’

Frustrated by an out-of-date email system that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s spokesman Matt Szabo calls "Pac-Man-era technology" the City of Los Angeles is considering entrusting…